FOR PRESIDENT:Abraham Lincoln.& j) t IX n i o it .Junction City, Kansas,8ATUBDAY, MAY 14, 1SQ4.THE LATEST HEWS.A dispatch dated "Washington, 7th, says:The Government has information this morningwhether from official sources or not we are unable to learn positively at the moment of goingto press, that on 'Wednesday at daylight Gen.Grant's whole army was entirely across theRapidan. It marched to a plain a little beyond and near the old Chancellorville battleground, when Les was forced out of his worksAnd offered battle, which was at once accepted.The fight became fierce and lasted till dark,the enemy being forced back some distancewith great loss, leaving moat of his killed andwounded m our hands.The two armies lay on their arms all nightWednesday, and at daylight on Thursday thebattle opened again, and raged with the greatest fury on both sides until dark, when it wasfound that the enemy had been forced bade inth two days about two miles and a half, lewiag heaps of dead, dying, killed and wounded,on the field to be buried and taken care of byour troops. TVe have heard various estimatesmade of the number slaughtered, but at thismoment it is useless to speculate on the subject. Every one knows that it must have beenterrible.The accounts of Friday's and Saturday'slighting will be found in another column.The Leavenworth Conservative of the 11thhas tho following:To the inquiry made by Gen. Curtis, " Whatis the news ?' to the Operator at St. Louis, lastevening, the reply was:"Nothing definite everything works well;Grant gasing them hell."Under that satisfactory assurance we can pa-1tiently await further particulars.Gold Th Test. E. H. Gruber & Co. havereceived a telegram dated one o'clock yesterday afternoon, stating that gold stood at sixtyeight and a half. Five days ago gold wasseventy-nine. It has fallen constantly sinceGrant's fight began.There is no better test than this of the condition of our armies.THE LATE ELECTION IN LEAVENWOETH.At the time, we ascribed the defeat of -Anthonyto his extremeness, and the assumptions-of power with which he was charged. The'Conservative has, since the election, ttemed witlicharges of corruption and mob violence. Thedefeat was so overwhelming that we allowed theConservative a wide scope in using the disorderwhich prevailed that day as healing for itsvounds. Since then, wc have met some five oraix disinterested persons, who were in the cityon that day, and whose testimony corroboratesthe statements of the Conservative, and brands'McDowell a usurper, and Jennison a rioter.They all assert that a mob in the interests of-McDowell controlled the election, and that atcertain polls it was unsafe for Anthony men.A member of Company L, Eleventh regiment,who was then in that citj being mustered in,tells us that he stood about the polls all days,And that a gang of blacklegs, headed by Jennison, by their rowdj'ism and threats of violence,drove Anthon3 men away. He says that when.the report came that Mayor Anthony had orderedihe polls to be closed, Jennison told the crowd" to shoot the first man who touched the ballotbox," and that "there were fifteen hundred menoutside the city to bock them up." The scenes,represented to us by theie disinterested rrtons, were of such an outrageous and iniquitous-character that we wonder Jennison hut beenallowed to continue to disgrace the service.This matter has been called to our mind by aprivate letter received from an old resident ofJunction, now living in Memphis. Helms livedamong Rebels, saw there heil-born depravity,and suffered so much at their hands, that he haslearned to love those whom they hate. We conythe letter ns evidence of the kind of loyalty bredunder affliction :"My opinion is, that this city is safe, thoughthere is any amount of excitement here everyfew days lately.. The negro troops were reviewedhere threednyg ago about three thousand. Theylooked splendidly ; were marched through thefashionable parts of the city, and they had goodmusic these African gontlemen" know how tohit the drum and play the fife, I tell you. Itwas a fine afternoon,and there were a great many.fine secesh ladies out, as is usual on pleasantafternoons. Still the review bad to go on, notwithstanding the annoyance it gave the aforesaid she rebels."Speaking of the Leavenworth election, he says:" The fact is, I am an Anthony man, and dis-disposed to question the loyalty of those whoViolently oppose Lane ond Anthony. Whatevermay be said of them, one thing is certain, proslavery rebels have a great dread of them, andI tell you that there was great rejoicing amongshe rebel citizens of this city fob I actually, sawaxd beabd it at the defeat cf Lane for U". S.Senate, and Anthony, Mayor of Leavenworth.Yon acted nobly, but your Kansas Legislatureacted very shabby. So did Davis county lastfall, actually giving aid and comfort to the enemyyjnot that I suppose Jim. Lane the only mania EVnsas capable of filling that office, but at atime like this, when these cursed pro-slaverytraitors look upon him ae one of their uncomproamifig ereccutcrs, it is an infernal abasie to4efeatb:B3, and any man or set of nea that willvote it, are either fools, not posted in the eventsf the dayrorrfae they are eysapathizers with thetraitors. I repeat it, that I know traitors rejoicedaajd-felt encouraged for tome told me here inHesnpble, "that it was certainly encouraging tothe Confederacy to see me rortn tnrn oucsuenfr,m abolition wsr mm."THE VERY LATEST !C2oxrtixi.Ti.es !We slop the press to give the news of to-day'smail. The fighting was still going on, but theresult undetermined. Gold, however, is fallingdown to sixty-three. Every thing is favorable.The President has Issued a proclamation invoking the people to offer thanks to God. Tuesday'sfight was the most terrible of the campaign.Eight day's continued fighting. Generals Hays.Sedgwick, Longatreet, Stevenson, are killed.Rebel rations giving out. Butler's position impregnable. He checkmates Beauregard. Lee'scommunication cut off. Barnside holds Spottsylvania. Grant's headquarters three miles beyond Spottsy vania. Such is the substance.m m mGENERAL NEWS ITEMS.The draft began in the first district in Cincinnati, May 5th.The receipts for internal revenue during themonth of April, were upwards of ten millionsof dollars.It is stated that the Government is considering the propriety of issuing two new coins, tobe of bronze one and two cents.An enthusiastic member defines the FenianBrotherhood as an organization to place Ireland among the nations of the earth by thehelp of God and gunpowder.Gov. Dallas, of Rupert's Land, has givenMaj. natch permission to pursue the Indiansinto the British Territory.Six gunboats which went up the Black andWashita rivers to Monroe, returned with 290bales of cotton and 900 contrabands, besidesconvoying down the steamer Ruby, with 280more contrabands.Latent advices from below represent the appearance ef the enemy on both banks of theMississippi river. Our pickets had been driven in at Vicksburg, and an attack upon thatplace and Ratchez was anticipated.The Richmond Examiner of the 29th ult.says: If we hold tir own in Virginia untilsummer fs ended, the Northern power of mischief everywhere will be gone. If we lose,the South s capacity for resistance will bebroken. The Confederacy has ample power tokeep its place in Virginia if its means are employed energetically -and consistently, and thisis the last year ef the war which ever wins.The papers contain a call for a National Convention, to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, on the21st of May, for consultation in respect to thePresidential election. The call declares thatthe one term principle ought to be inflexiblyadhered to, and the callers do not recognize inthe Baltimore Convention the essential conditions of a truly National Convention.A bill has just possed the House of Representative fixing the pay of non-commissionedefficcrs and soldiers as follows : The pay ofprivates in the army shall be increased from$13 to $16 per month, and of non-commissionedofficers as follows: Corporals, $18; sergeant$20; orderly sergeants, twenty-four dollars;sergeant majors, twenty-six dollars; clerks topaymasters twelve hundred dollars per annum.STATE NEW8.Gen. Curtis has ordered the construction ofa telegraph line from Lawrence to Fort Riley.The Eighth Kansas has arrived at Nashville.It is likely that the regiment will be stationedthere some lime.Gen. Lane's bill, making Baldwin City apoint on the Leavenworth, Lawrence & FortGicson Railroad, has passed the U. S. Senate,and will pass the House. Tribune.Ccte. Said Sam Wood to one of our citizens the other day, '' Has Francis broughtback Baker's horse yet?" "Yes," was thereply, and it is dead." " What killed it?"queried Sam. " O," was the reply, " Francisserved it as you did Tom Carney, he rode itto death." Sam sloped. Topeka Record.The refugee Indians in Southern Kansas areabout to be removed to their homes in the Indian Territory. The transportation has beenengaged, and in a few days the Indians willonce more occupy the lands from which theywere driven by the demons of the rebellion.In Brown county, orders drawn on the counT Treasurer arc cashed on presentation. Thisshows' good financiering on the part of thecounty officers.Gen. Sully has engaged 'Johnny Cake andLittle Beaver, with about forty of the Delawares, to act as scouta on his Indian expedition the ensuing suoijner.Suicide. A man named" Pushes, hAd his legbroken from being run over by loaded wagonon the road from here to Seneea, one d7 taisweek. While his comrades were unloadingwagon with which to carry him to the netstation, he drew his revolver, placed the muzzle in his mouth, and discharged it, killinghimself instantly. Mary smile Union.The Lawrence Tribune says the reports thatguetrillas were on Captain Creek near thatplace, artfse from the driving off of a secessionsympathiser by the citizens, when his familysent a messenger to Lawrence reporting thatbushwhackers were in the neighborhood. Itsays further, however, that reports of otherdisturbances have reached us probably having some foundation in fact.mSturgis and Forrest.Memphis dates of the 5th report the advance of Gen. Sturgiss' cavalry force, utderCol. Karge, of the 2d New Jersey cavalry,700 strong, with two pieces of artillery,encountered a brigade of Forrest'e force,ann - tnnn cimmr. near "Bolivar, on the..,!, ,:a nF ilif ntr.hee.on Mondav night.- lt fnlr ntapo lastintV twoa. yery Bvr ugut . r, ..hours, resulting in the enemy being drovefrom bis entrenchments and retreatingacross the river through Bolivar, destroyingthe bridge behind him.It is reported by citizens thai Forrestwas present in the fight, and it is believedthat he is beatiog a rapid retreat into Mississippi. We killed and wounded s large nnsaber,and took several prisoners. Oar less wastwo killed asfd tei wowided: Gen: Bfargisie in hot pursuit.amdixak akm:XDITSS BY AJT ASjSOOIA.TT.OM OF- CITlZKWtOF COTJIrOTX'GKOVE.PEosnruTiow of office.Brigadier General Rood, soon after his promotion, issued an order (without authority)for an election to be held at Council Grove toelect a Colonel of the 7th (now 8th) RegimentKansas State Militia, to fill the vacancy causedby his promotion. The election was held onthe day appointed, and Maj. Lockwood electedColonel. A few days before that election anorder was issued from the office of the Adjutant General of the State, requiring Lieut. Col.Smith to order an election. In obedience tosaid order, Col. Smith ordered an election tobe held at Cottonwood Falls on the 2d day ofMay. On the 16th day of April, Gen. Woodissued Special Order No. 2, setting aside theelection held on April 15th in obedience to hisorder, on the frivolous excuse that the Colonelelect had not complied with his order and drilled the squad of officers. Had he have required the candidates to exercise the squad in vocalmusic, it would have been just as binding.The General did not have the manliness toacknowledge that nis order calling the electionwas illegal and without authority. On the 1stday of May Gen. Wood issued an order to Maj.Lockwood, requiring him to notify all thecommissioned officers in Morris county, thatthe election ordered by Col. Smith, the nextday, was postponed. The same day, and a fewhours after issuing the order, Gen. Wood started for Cottonwood Falls, and was there whenthe election was held. The officers of Chasecounty, in ignorance of the order, althoughGen. Wood was present, proceeded to the election, and elected Lieut. Col. Smith.Can the Commander-in-Chief expect that themilitia organization of the 8th regiment canbe sustained, when such men as S. N. Woodcan issue lying orders at will? His only object in issuing the order postponing the election to be held on the 2d, must have been todeceive the officers of Morris county and prevent their attendance, elect one who would besubservient to him, and punish a political opponent. If this is the weapon he uses to killhis political opponents, he will quickly find heusing a two-edged aword, with the sharpestedge presented to his own breast.A petition is in circulation asking the Commander-in-Chiefto order a new election.There can be no doubt but-that the prayer ofthe petition will be granted. A majority ofthe commissioned officers were not present atthe election. They were detained at home bythe erder of Gen. Wood, and supposed -thatthat order was issued in good faith. It was atrick that none but an unprincipled man, andone destitute ef manliness and honor, wouldresort to. And if hereafter Gen. Wood shouldsee his orders treated with contempt, he canhave the reflection that it is the natural resultof his own dishonesty. ,CORRESPONDENCE.The following correspondence is handedto us for publication. Gen. Wood's letterwas designed for circulation, and we trustthero will be no breach of courtesy by giving it, with the rejoioder, a place in ourcolumn :trom a. s. WOOD.Council Grove, May 5, '64.Major R. B. Lockwood : You say ina note to-day, " If your support of Ewingis in good faith, there need be no politicalground between us." I assure you thatthere never has been a time in Kansas thatI did not prefer Ewing to any other man.I wish that I could think that your supportof him was in good faith, and that underno circumstances would you support Lane,then indeed thero need be no political quarrel between us. But you will recollect thebitter personal fight that vou made last fall,and of electioneering against me because Iwas " Anti-Lane."You will recollect the kind of personswith whom you arc affilliated now. Theyare the roost Radical Negro Suffrage portionof the Republican party. Look at the paper you are giving away ; no paper couldbe stronger against Ewiog than tho Conservative. Look at the letters you wrote recently toJonathan Hammond, S. H. Atkinson, JuneBaxter, where your only anxiety is not forEwiog but to " kill Sam Wood." Lookngain at the letters you are writing to S. S.Howard, Samuel Buchanan, H. L. Huntand others of Chase county, 'where yousay, " bring out your strongest man in(JJjase county to defeat Wood and tee willsupport him." Look at the men withwhom' you "re affiliating in this county andChase, neanj every man a Lane man.Look at the delete you sent to Topeka,and his coun,e in the Tpeka Convention.If you are a Ewing man, it seems to tneyou are taking a very poor way Co show it,one that must result to the benefit of Laneand to the division of Ewing's friendsBesides, you are at this timo in correspondence with Lane, and Major Farnsworthin urging Lane's claims to a friend of minea few days ago, indirectly remarked that" Lockwood was pledged to Lane." Now,one word of advice. You cannot be Laneand Anti-Lane at the same time. Youwill have to be ono or the other. If youare 4 Anti-Lane," and for Ewiog, it is timeyou quit lighting kwing s rrieoas. it jousre for Lane you ought to say so ana rnnyhis friends, the issue is a strong one-Lanewill make a desperate ngut tuose wno .imnt to dodre will fall between two ires.As to m j self, I have no aspirations thinknow I shall support n. jj. uns iot ibwLegislature; will if he is the stroagestAnti-Lane nan, tut will vote for'amy AntiLaae mn. The Lane aen proper willhave their candidates. Anel-aftar SaWood is dead, as jom wish hiss, he willhave iaioenc raofa te kill ;half aothert. Tr :B. K. WOOD.EEPLT.Council Geoyk, Kan., Nay 5,1864.Gkw. S. NWcod : I can see rib particular benefit to be derivedbjr cpbtieuiogthis epistolary correspondence, in relationto our respective political positions. Thecasual remark I threw into a business noteon yesterday to you, in reference to yoursupport ot lien. rwing, was simply a rejoinder to an insinuation of your own, written some days ago, in which you wished toconvey the impression that those who didnot support and swear by you were enemiesof Council Grove and her interests. Yousay that " the bitter personal fight youmade last fall against roe was because I wasAnti-Lane." Now, with all due deferenceto superiors in office, allow me to suggestthat the assertion is untrue.The open and avowed Lane men of Morris county supported you last fall, and ifvou mislead them by pledging to themthat your election should not be claimed asan Anti-Lane triumph, and then immediately after election yiolatcd thoso pledges,it is not at this time for mc to inquire. Itwas none of my fight, and if it really wasan ami-Lano trinmph, you must explainwhy you ploughed with the Laue heifer. Ican't Bee it.Again you say, " You will recollect thekind of persons with whom youare nffillinting now. They are the most radical negrosuffrage portion of the Republican party."Now that comes with exceeding bad gracefrom you. who owed your election last fallto the enme nien, and from one who. in hisplace in the Repreentalive Hall last winter, said, "that personally as sam wooahe was in favor of striking tho word whiteout of Section 1, Article V, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, but politically (as a shyster I presume you mean)you was opposed to it." You have forgotten, too, General, the message of your pet,the would be Senator, Gov. Carney, lastwinter, on the same point, and the expunging process it underwent after arriving atTopeka. When your record is as clear asmine on that question, I shall be pleased tohear from you again, but until then, Iwould advise you to not stir it up.Those letters I wrote to Clarke's CreekTownship, prior to the County Convention,seem to be an eye sore. Had you madeapplication to me I would have cheerfullyfurnished you with copies of the letters.It would have beon a more open and manlycourse than that of going to a young lady,and endeavoring to get one from her, in theabsence of her father. Tbey, it is true,said nothing About Carney, Lnne, or Ewing,but only breathed a desire to rebuke youand your coadjutors in your fraudulent attempt to foist a United States Senator uponthe State nf Kansas, in violation of precedent and long established usages.In reference to letters you assert I havewritten to citizens of Chase county, badyou have seen any such letters you couldnot refuso to bear witness that Gen, Ewing'sclaims for the United States Senate werestrongly urged. Messrs Hunt and Buchanan wiill testify that invariably in my personal intercourse with them, I have urgedupon the Anti-Frauds of this SenatorialDistrict to take an open position in favorof Gen. Ewing. In conclusion, whateverMaj. Farnsworth or any other person hasclaimed for mc, is without authority or warrant from me. I am not pledged to Gen.Lane, or to any other man. I have everlooked upon the Robinson and Lane imbroglio as a disgrace to Kansas. It haselevated men to place and power who havebetrayed our interests, and defrauded theState out of thousands.And disguise it as you may, that was thepower behind the throne that inaugurated,and but for the emphatic seal of condemnation that the freemen of Kaosas have putupon the action of the last Legislature,would have resulted in placing in poweragain that hungry set of cormorants.I am profoundly thankful for your kindly advice, and I assure that I am not Lane,or anti-Lane, neither am I a Carney orRobinson man. But the sooner those issues are ignored, buried and forgotten, andthe voters of Kansas elect men to office fortheir moral worth and integrity, the soonerwill such disgraceful farces as was enactedby the late Legislature, be forgotten andremembered as only in the past.And if, as you suggest, in pursuing sucha policy, I should fail between two fires, itwill be with the proud assurance that I suffered in defense of right and justice. Andnow, in reply to your addenda that, " afterSam Wood is as dead as you wish him, hewill have influence enough to kill half adozen others," excuse me in referring toan old saying (1 mean no personal offense)which runs thus, " Dead dogs seldom bite,"I remain with due respect,Yours, &c,R. B. LOCKWOOD.Bad Newi from Gen. Steele's Command.The Times contains a letter from PineBluff, Ark., which states that Col. Williamsof the 1st colored, on a foraging expedition on the 17th ult , was attacked by therebel Gee. Cabel, end et with very severelosses. Of the 1st Kansas colored 272men killed, woended and missing; 2d and5th Kansas cavalry, 20 men killed, wounded end missing, making a total loss of threehundred and seventy-sir,, four pieces of artillery, fonr- hendred stand small eras,1,162 mules and 192 six-mnle wagons.Oa the afternoon of the 2 'id, a train leftGen. Steele's arssy for Pine Bleff, with anescort of aboat ene thousand men 'and fiveDieses of artillery. On the 25te, abentforty miles irons, fcere, they were attackedby the rebelGenerala Shelby And eegaefwith a force of from five thousand te eightthoasaad men, and eight pieces of aitillery.- After a noble -reaisteneet ef abont twobows, 'and repeatedly refusing to serreadcr,they were Joally ssjrfemded and nearly aUtaken 'prisoner.ON TO RICHMOND! .THE FIGHTING OF -.FRIDAY AND- rjSATURDAX I; ! V -Critical Condition of Grant Successful Strategy.Butler drivesBeauregardHE HOLDS the KEY to RICHMOND !NewvYork, May 10.The Herald has the following relative tothe battles of Friday and Saturday :At 5 o'clock in the morning the contestwas renewed along the entire line, and thehum of battle came from every quarter.From certain indication it was concludedLee was reinforcing Longstreet on Hancock's front, and a part of Burnside's corpswas accordingly moved to his support, taking a position to tne leu ot ueo. warrenand completely filling tho gap into whichthe Secoud Bneade bad been thrown intothe preceding evening.On moving at daylight towards the assigned position through a close forrcst, theyfound it occupied by rebels prepared to dispute its possession. The fighting at thisnoint was over by nine o'clock, finding itimpossible to dislodge tho rebels from theirposition.In the morning HancocK was drivenbak close to his breastworks by a superiorforce, but subsequently railed his men andsucceeded in regaining most of the lostground. Between ten and eleven o'clock,bowover, Longstreet succeeded in turningthe left of his advance and throwing it intoconfusiou. This extended along the entireline and came near involving the wholecorps in inextricable confusion. He wasonce more forced back to the breastworksand .the rebels actually planted their colorsinside then), but could not sustain themselves and were ejected.At this time heavy reinforcements werethrown to' his support from Burnside'scorps, and his men were rallied and takenwell in hand and all danger of further disaster removed.The charge of Longstreet was completelyoverwhelming, Solid masses of infantrywere hurled upon Hancock time after timewith an impetuosity nothing could withstand. It was exceedingly fortunate forthe Sixth corps and the whole army that hewas checked at this critical period anddriven back with as much precipitation ashe came.The ground in front of Hancock had beenfought over a number of times, and thewounded and dying en the field were vast.At night Hancock occupied his Breastworksand had nothing but prisoners and rebeldead to show for the slaughter of two day'sfighting. no behaved with conspicuousgallantry throughout, and was on tho fieldin person where the dangers were thethickest. General Warren was also assailedalong the who'e line, and the utmost surprise was manifested at the number of troopsLee was able to bring into action. Thiscorps retained its fir6t position, however,until darkness. About midnight a chargewas made and it gave way and was unableto regain the ground they lost. This, ofceursc, compelled the abandonment of agreat portion of the line of breastworks infront of the corps, and brought the skirmish lino within half a mile of Grant's andand Meade's headquarters.Sedgwick s corps maintained itself againstvigorous assaults by suporior numbers atdifferent times during the day, and had noserious reverse until late in the evening,when a charge was made on its extremeritht, for the purpose of turning it as donewith Hancock in the morning. Milroy'sold division was driven back in great confusion, and at length the enpmy succeededin effectually turning our right flank. Thebehavior of this division is severely criticized by those supposed to know more concerning affairs. This probably necessitatedthe transfer of our sick and wounded andall the supply trains from the Gei maniaford road to Cbancellorsville. The latterwere in motion the whole night and at daylight, had Lee occupied the Germania Fordroad and cut off the retreat of our army bythat route, it would have given him theadvantage for the night, and had workedincalculable mischief, causing an undueextension of the line and correspondinglyweakening it.The contest of Friday was unsatisfactory.Many officers despoudingly feared Lee wouldin somo measure defeat Grant, and thatsuperficial observers might construe ourrepulse that day into defeat, but no suchforebodings found a resting place in theminds of those who knew the tenacity ofpurpose and fertility of resources whichcharacterize Grant, and the advantages ofthe next day verified their hopes.The battle recommenced at daylight onSaturday, but the firing was scattering, andno fierce attacks were made on cither side.Both Geuerals were intent on strategy andneither anxious to bring on a general engagement. Lee seemed intent on cuttingour communication via liermama j?ord.Grant appeared utterly indifferent to tbixand seemed rather to court it, by withdrawing Sedgwick's corps from his positionand throwing it back by Germania ord,near his own headquarters, and pushingBurnside out on the Spottsylvania CourtHouse road, threatening Lee's" line of communication. The new line of battle formedby the change in the position of the corpsextended north and south, and gave Leethe choice of -being eat off from his. Capitaland risking everything upon a batile-fiela,or to retreat. At z p. ui., i5.urnsiae.waswell under way to Spottsylvania "Courtfroasa. Lee had thrown infantrv on ourright and drove onr pickets to the GermaniaUord roan. xa result coira only oe aprecipitate retreat -on ihe part ofLLee, toprevent onr army being' thrown' betweenhimself and Richmond.. or. a'deedlv contestin the open field' thit: ootid Valy end in hiextermination. He soon discovered 'hiserror, and to!all appearances had started inhot baste Tor another line of defence Somathink it will.be formed on the North Annariver, while others are-"cqually confidentthere is no tenable position to fall back on.between this and Richmond.Baltimore, May 10.A Norfolk paper says that Butler had abrifk encounter with Beauregard new Petersburg on Saturday, and on Sunday assailed him with full force and drdve- him..It adds that Butler hu the key of Richmond m nis nan as.The New York World Iias unconfiririediadvices of the capture of Fort Barling byButler, and that he had commenced hismarch on Richmond.Later dispatches say that Meade renewedthe battle on Sunday morning and drovethe rebels to Po river.In the three day's operations wo capturedabout 3000 prisoners and lost about 12,000killed,- wounded and prisoners.Speech of Mrs. Booth An Oath to Avenge theMassacre.On Thursday, April 2S, the widow ofMajor Booth, the late commander at FortPillow, arrived at Fort Pickering, belowMemphis. Col. Jackson of the 6th UnitedStates heavy artillery, had his regimentformed into line for her reception. In frontof its centre stood fourteen men, as bravefellows as ever tread the earth. They werethe romnant of the 1st battalion of the regiment now drawn op all who had escapedthe fiendish scenes of Fort Pillow, sccnethat have stamped yet deeper blackness onthe infamous brow of treason.Mrs. Booth came forward. In her hand'she bore a flag, red and clotted whh humanblood. She took a position in front of thefourteen heroes, eo lately under her deceasedhusband's command.The ranks before her observed a silencethat was full of solemnity. Many a hardy Ifface showed by twitching lips and humideyes how the sight of the bereaved ladytouched bosoms that could meet steels, Anddrew on a fountain of tears that bad remained dry even amid the piteous eights,witnessed on tho battlc-fiold after a fierceaction.Turning to tho men before her, she saidrBoys, I have just come from a visit to thehospital at Mound City. There I saw yourcomrades, wounded at the bloody strife inFort Pillow. There I found this flag yourecognize it ! One of your comrades savedit from the insulting touch of traitors atFort Pillow !I have given to my country all I had togive my husband such a gift I Yet Ihave freely given him for freedom and my-country.Next my husband's cold remains, the nextdearest object left me in the world, is thisflag the flag that waved in proud defianceover the worka of Fort Pillow !Soldiers ! this flag I give to yon, knowing that you will ever remember the lastwords of my noble husband lt Never surrender the flag to traitors!"Col. Jackson then received from, her hand,on behalf of his command the bloodstained flag. He called upon the regimentto receive it as such a gift ought to be received. At that call he and every man othe regiment fell upon their knees, and'Ksolemnly appealing to the God of Battles,each ono swore to avenge thrsir brave andfallen comrades, and never never to surrender the Flag to traitors!The scene was one never surpassed inemotional incident. Beside the swift rolling waters .of the Mississippi within theinclosure that bristled with the death dealing cannon, knelt thoso rough soldiers,whose bosoms were heaving with emotion,and on many of whoso checks quivered atear they tried to hide, though it did honorto their manly natures. Beside them Btoodin her grief, the widow of the loved officerthey had lost and above them was heldtho bloody flag. Tbat eloquent record ofcrime, which has capped the climax of therebellion, and which will bring a reckoning,so featful.In few but -pointed and decisive words,.Col, Alexander pledged himself and biscommand to discharge to the uttermost thesolemn obligation of justice they had thatday taken.Col. Kappas followed him, expressinghimself in favor of such retaliatory acts asjustice and the laws of warfare require in ncase of such fiendish and wicked cruelty.Woe to tho unlucky " rch," who fallsinto the hands of any of the cqmmands represented at- this soleain declaration. Thedetermination of the officers of the 6th U.S. heavy artillery is incontcstible, theirbravery has been tried, and they never havbeen found wanting."THEKANSAS FARMER."The officers of the State Agricultural Society have placed the "Kansas Fanner" underthe editorial charge of the Senior of this paper.Its business affairs and. publication will behenceforth under the exclusive control of theJournal Office firm. The first number of Vol.2 will be issued from this office about the 15thof this month. Its publication is delayed byvarious causes. One is. the new arrangementwas not perfected until after the middle of lastmonth. Another is, the present conductorshave enlarged the paper and aro issuing it isa new and entirely changed form. Hew material had to be procured from the East, whlekrequired time. Everything needed is now lahand, and the MAy number is progresses; rapidly towards completion. "twill be published monthly, as heretofore;and, on good paper, octaro form, size of the"Prairie Farmer," published at Chicago, andwill be made up and issued in as complet axsiyWas ahy of its cotemporanea.The price -iriUbeiadvaacei from 50 cents toone dollar or singlejubacribera. Eighty-fivecents for clubs of ten or more.For dealers m Macnmery ana AgriculturalImplementslt wilhbe one'of the best advertisUgmedruAis ithe tate: Price ten ccatAmmrlraefcr every ineertien.' r. .perttae fs1 ". .. n,.i. tm"ifl,?r''i,mr:Buo v TWUAW a. nr5-LOWKA,JcCOu .